LOCAL AND GENERAL

Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 3, 26 August 1931, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Unemployed Works at Taupo. There is not a great ,deal of unemployed roading work being carried out in the Taupo district at present. Eighty men were recently engaged by one qf th'e forestry companies and this has absorbed a number of men - who were previously unemployed. Early Spawning. Maoris at Waitahanui (Lake Taupo) state that. the trout spawning this year has heen the earliest within memory. Fish are "stated to have already returned to the Taupo lake iwaters and indications throughout the district are that the spawning has been exceptionally early this year. More Trout Ova. Two eases, containing a total of 100,000 eyed trout ova for hatching at. Ngongotaha trout hatchery, were unloaded at Rotorua to-day from Tongariro. Appreciation. Appreciation of the excellent work which has been carried out hy the secretary and engineer, Mr. G. Sutherland, in supervisipg the various new roading works heing carried out 1 in the district under the No. 5 Unemployment Scheme, was expressed by the Taupo Road Board at its meeting last week. Mr. Sutherland has been earrying out this work without additional remuneration, and the Board decided to grant him 4 per cent. of the Government wages allocations on, further new road works in the district.

Emergency Radio StatioUs. The Post and Telegraph Department has installed an emergency radio station at the residence of Mr. H. C. Smith, Amohia Street. This station is part of a Dominion wide system of auxiliary channels of communication, to operate should at any time the telegraph lines be interrupted. The new station has already proved it is capable of maintaining a continuous service to all the chief towns in the North Island and it is prohable that it will be capable oi reaching distant countries. It is a remarkable fact that the power used is only one-sixth part of the electric current required to light an ordinary electric light globe. The weight and dimensions of the plant are so small that one person could transport it and erect a transmitter and receiving station within a f ew minutes. Weather Prevents Flight. Regret was expressed by the president of the Rotorua Rotary Club, Mr. J. H. Buddle, at its luncheon on Monday, at the non-arrival of Colonel Duigan, Commandant of the Northern Military Command, who was to have addressed the club. Colonel Duigan had arranged to travel from Auckland by aeroplane but the weather conditions prevtnted him from making the trip, Interesting Visitor. N An interesting visitor to Rotorua at present is M. Joseph Major, of Paris, France. M. Major is a French journalist and is studying New Zealand at first hand with the idea of writing a hook about the Dominion for publication in France. In order to perfect himself in the language and to obtain an opportunity of studying conditions, M. Major has accepted a position as French master on the staff of St. Patrick's' College, Wellington, and intends to remain in New Zealand for some time. M. Major is a graduate of the University of Paris and an enthusiast in the Esperanto movement. A Good Card. An excellent card was handed in on Sunday by H. Brinsden, o'f the Titirangi Club, who went round the Arikikikapakapa course in 68, three strokes better than the course hogey. Brinsden is a one handicap player. Practical Help for Needy. Through the generosity of Mr. W. L. Richards the Rotorua Women's Club have heen able to distribute among the needy families of Rotorua a carcase of beef weighing over 400 lbs. About 601bs. of meat was sent to the men at the Isolation Ward Shelters; 22 families with their children, representing 104 persons, and six individual men were given sufficient meat to last well over the weekend. The thanlcs of the Women's j Club are extended to Mr. Richards for ! his gift; to the Borough Abattoirs for killing the beast, free of charge, and to Mr. Dixen, butcher, of Tutanekai Street, for cutting up and parcelling the meat, also without charge.

Facial Injuries. An employee of the Rotorua County Council, Mr. R. L. Wallace, suffered painful facial injuries yesterday when a tyre burst while he was changing the rim. He was admitted to hospital, but was discharged later in the day. Motor Cycle Accident. While riding his motor cycle near the Te Ngae ehurch corner on Monday evening, Mr. Peter Farrell, of Te Ngae, was unseated when the machine ran into loose metal. He suffered a hroken eollarbone and head injuries, which necessitated his being admitted to the King George Y. Hospital. His condition yesterday was reported to be quite satisfactory. Talkie in Rotorua. Mr. Rudall Hayward, of Auckland, has received an assignment from the Fit'zpatrick Pictures Corporation- of New York to take 2500 feet of special New Zealand travel film for use in the well-known Fitzpatrick travelogue talkies. It is Mr. Hayward's intention to take a portion of this film in Rotorua and he has made inquiries from the Tourist Department in this connection. The film, which is to be accompanied by an e'xplanatory lecture, will be synchronised in New York, and will be distributed throughout the world.

Unemployment Wages. Owing to the fact that the Government unemployment subsidy for wages payments in the Rotorua district was slightly reduced last week, it has been found necessary to make a small reduction in the wages rate paid to men on relief works. It was considered preferable to make a slight all-round reduction rather than penalise any particular individuals by putting off men.